Do not go into that good night

The villanelle poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas uses repetition and the “g” sound to tell the reader that people should fight death. In the first stanza the speaker uses tetrameter when he says “Do not go gentle into that good night.” When he says “Good night,” it is a euphemism and a symbol for death. Instead of the long “e” sound at the end of “gently” which is grammatically correct, Tomas uses the word “gentle” with the “L” sound because it is cause the poem to have a reliant tone. The next line tells the reader that people should rebel against death. When he says “Rage, rage,” it suggests a defiant attitude towards death. The author gives an example of people who should fight death. He says that people who haven’t had meaningful lives should fight death because they have not had not have fulfilling lives yet. He also says that even the good people in the world have to fight death. In the fourth stanza he tells us that some people don’t learn about life soon enough when he says “And learn, too late, they grieved on its way, /Go not go gentle into that good night.” When he says “grieved” or “go gentle” it gives a rebellious outlook about death. Towards the end of the poem the author gives an example that even his father will have to battle death. In the last two lines of the stanza the author uses a couplet when he says, “Do not go gentle into that good night, /Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” The last words say that people should fight death and carry on living. Everyone should fight death especially people who have led meaningless lives. Some people find out too late about the importance of leading a fulfilling life.